Descriptive Effects Pedal
Category
Sciences and Technology
Department
Electronics Engineering Technology
Student Status
Undergraduate
Research Advisor
Dr. Erik Mayer
Document Type
Event
Location
Student Center Ballroom
Start Date
10-4-2025 2:00 PM
End Date
10-4-2025 4:00 PM
Description
The Descriptive Effects Pedal, DEP for short, is a new effect pedal for electronic instruments that uses descriptions of musical sounds to change the output signal of the connected instrument. The DEP will be primarily used with instruments who are electric by nature such as an electric guitar or an electronic keyboard. The device serves to aid those who are aspiring to learn about effects for their instrument, without any sound design or music theory background. The DEP will allow a user to describe the sound of the instrument they want to create by selecting pre-programmed descriptions using the on-board touch screen. These descriptions correspond to digital effects that will take the input sound of the connected instrument and shape it into a sound in which they describe. The digital effects will be added to the signal of the instrument using a microcontroller. The device will have up to three active effects at once. The DEP will have up to seven different effects to choose from. In addition to altering the signal with digital effects, pre- and post-processing circuitry will be used to alter the signal for proper use within the DEP. This sound can either be played through the on-board speakers, or though other connected devices such as a speaker or headphones.
Descriptive Effects Pedal
Student Center Ballroom
The Descriptive Effects Pedal, DEP for short, is a new effect pedal for electronic instruments that uses descriptions of musical sounds to change the output signal of the connected instrument. The DEP will be primarily used with instruments who are electric by nature such as an electric guitar or an electronic keyboard. The device serves to aid those who are aspiring to learn about effects for their instrument, without any sound design or music theory background. The DEP will allow a user to describe the sound of the instrument they want to create by selecting pre-programmed descriptions using the on-board touch screen. These descriptions correspond to digital effects that will take the input sound of the connected instrument and shape it into a sound in which they describe. The digital effects will be added to the signal of the instrument using a microcontroller. The device will have up to three active effects at once. The DEP will have up to seven different effects to choose from. In addition to altering the signal with digital effects, pre- and post-processing circuitry will be used to alter the signal for proper use within the DEP. This sound can either be played through the on-board speakers, or though other connected devices such as a speaker or headphones.
